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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H1881

דָּת

dathdawth

law

22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: dâth

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1881is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 3 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 19
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H1881

a royal edict or statute

The King James renders it: commandment, commission, decree, law, manner.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

dath is rendered "law". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
  • The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.

The first use

He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

Deuteronomy 33:2אֵ֥שׁדָּ֖ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty of the word's twenty-two uses are in Esther.

The other 36 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and law his3
  • law3
  • according to the law2
  • and the law2
  • according to law1
  • according to law of1
  • according to regulation of1
  • and laws their1
  • and orders his1
  • decrees of1
  • fire of law1
  • in laws of1

and 4 more, 22 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

דָּתdathlawUses14

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 22, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

19 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • דָּת֙2
  • וְדָתוֹ֙2
  • וְהַדָּ֥ת2
  • אֵ֥שׁדָּ֖ת1
  • בְּדָתֵ֥י1
  • דָּ֥ת1
  • דָּ֖ת1
  • דָּתוֹ֙1
  • דָּתֵ֣י1
  • דָּתֵ֤י1
  • הַ֠דָּת1
  • וְדָת֔וֹ1

and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
  • noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HC/Td/Ncfsa
  • noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmpc
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncfsc
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp
  • HNcbsc//Ncfsa1HNcbsc//Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
  • preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmpc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HTd/Ncfsa

Deuteronomy

one use
  • He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.

    Deuteronomy 33:2

    • אֵ֥שׁדָּ֖תʾeshedatHNcbsc//Ncfsatagged: fire of law

Ezra

one use
  • They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.

    Ezra 8:36

    • דָּתֵ֣יdateinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: decrees of

Esther

twenty uses
  • By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

    Esther 1:8

    • כַדָּ֖תkhadatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: according to the law
  • Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.

    Esther 1:13

    • דָּ֥תdatnoun · feminine singulartagged: of law
  • “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

    Esther 1:15

    • כְּדָת֙kedatpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: according to law
  • So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.

    Esther 1:19

    • בְּדָתֵ֥יbedateipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in laws of
  • When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

    Esther 2:8

    • וְדָת֔וֹvedatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and orders his
  • In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

    Esther 2:12

    • כְּדָ֤תkedatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to regulation of
  • Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

    Esther 3:8

    • וְדָתֵיהֶ֞םvedateihemconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and laws their
    • דָּתֵ֤יdateinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: laws of
  • A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.

    Esther 3:14

    • דָּת֙datnoun · feminine singulartagged: law
  • The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

    Esther 3:15

    • וְהַדָּ֥תvehadatconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the law
  • In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

    Esther 4:3

    • וְדָתוֹ֙vedatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and law his
  • Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.

    Esther 4:8

    • הַ֠דָּתhadotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the law
  • “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

    Esther 4:11

    • דָּתוֹ֙datonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: law his
  • “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”

    Esther 4:16

    • כַדָּ֔תkhadatpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: according to the law
  • A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

    Esther 8:13

    • דָּת֙datnoun · feminine singulartagged: law
  • The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

    Esther 8:14

    • וְהַדָּ֥תvehadatconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the law
  • In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

    Esther 8:17

    • וְדָתוֹ֙vedatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and law his
  • On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.

    Esther 9:1

    • וְדָת֖וֹvedatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and law his
  • Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

    Esther 9:13

    • כְּדָ֣תkedatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to law of
  • So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.

    Esther 9:14

    • דָּ֖תdatnoun · feminine singulartagged: law

The letters

Gematria 404

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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